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Australian Nationals 2017 – Tournament Data & Analysis

The Australian Nationals were last weekend and they would be one of the first big tournaments after the release of Empire At War (Polish, Spanish and Nordic Nationals were also taking place last weekend).

They had a total of 99 players in attendance. In this article we have the full standings of the tournament and top 8 decklists, as well as some brief analysis of the information. Thanks go to General Games for providing me with the information!

For those of you who aren’t too interested in the whole bundle of information, you can skip straight to my summary for the overall info.

Villains made up 73 out of the recorded 97 teams (75%). This is a pretty significant disparity between the factions, (60-40 would have been my prediction).

Thrawn and Unkar was the most popular team, closely followed by FN-2199 and Kylo Ren. Cad Bane and Captain Phasma also had a significant representation, with ten players using that pairing.

The most popular hero team was General Rieekan, Padme Amidala, and Jedi Instructor. Poe/Maz only had two showings, and the much talked about Sabine/Ezra only one.

Some favourites from the pre-EaW meta were in short supply; there were two Rainbow Nines (eBala/FN/Nightsister), one Vader/Raider, and only one Funkar (eUnkar/FN/Storm), so the teams being used have definitely changed, but what about the characters (see below)?

No surprises, FN-2199 was the most popular character. Everyone knows how good he is, and in a competitive environment like a national tournament, you bring your best team.

Unkar Plutt was still a very popular choice (usually partnered with Thrawn), but storming onto the scene were the two-player villain characters. The new versions of Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma are extremely good for their cost, so it wasn’t too much of a surprise to see them well-represented.

Summary

The winner was Blake Moody, using Kylo Ren Tormented One and FN-2199. Congratulations, Blake!

The top eight were:

3x eKylo Ren, Tormented One / eFN-2199

2x eVader, Dark Apprentice / eCaptain Phasma, Ruthless Tactician

1x eKylo Ren, Tormented One / eCaptain Phasma, Ruthless Tactician

1x eThrawn / eUnkar Plutt

1x eCad Bane / eCaptain Phasma, Ruthless Tactician

Hero

Villain

Top 8

0 (0%)

8 (100%)

Top 16

1 (6%)

15 (94%)

Top 32

5 (16%)

27 (84%)

Overall

24 (25%)

73 (75%)

As you can see from the table above, there was a significantly-higher number of villain players compared to heroes. They also performed much better overall as well, with the top eight only containing villains.

FN-2199 was the most-used character, appearing in twenty-four villain teams (33% of all villain teams).

Hopefully you found all this information interesting. Thanks again to General Games for providing such detailed information.